⁹ Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him?

⁴ Then they will cry to Yahweh, But he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, Because they made their deeds evil."

¹² When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

¹⁵ When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

²⁸ Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.

¹² There they cry, but none gives answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

¹³ Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.

¹³ It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said Yahweh of Hosts;

¹⁸ Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

¹¹ Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, The Lord wouldn't have listened.

³ You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

³¹ We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

²⁵ When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

¹⁴ They haven't cried to me with their heart, But they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

⁹ He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

⁷ When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.